IP Library Granted Patent US 8,350,896
Granted Patent B2
US 8,350,896 · App. 12/581,398 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Terminal apparatus, display control method, and display control program

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Patent No.
US 8,350,896
App. No.
12/581,398
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display a projection image of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display screen; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen; a changing unit configured to change a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image; and a projection image generator configured to obtain a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane.

Claims (34)

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display a projection image of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display screen;

an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen;

means for changing a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image; and

projection image generation means for obtaining a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projection image generation means changes the viewpoint position so that the viewpoint position follows a movement of the operator's face along the display screen.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projection image generation means changes the viewpoint position so that a distance from the three-dimensional object to the viewpoint position changes in response to a size of the image of the operator's face relative to the captured image.

4. The terminal apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the operator's face in the captured image,

wherein the means for changing changes the viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to the position of the operator's face in the captured image.

5. A display control method for displaying a three-dimensional object in a terminal apparatus that includes an imaging unit and a display unit having a two-dimensional display screen, the display control method comprising the steps of:

capturing an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen by the imaging unit;

changing a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image;

obtaining a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane; and

displaying the projection image on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

detecting a position of the operator's face in the captured image,

wherein the changing includes changing a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of the operator's face in the captured image.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a display control program for displaying a three-dimensional object in a terminal apparatus that includes an imaging unit and a display unit having a two-dimensional display screen, the display control program causing a when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute steps of:

capturing an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen by the imaging unit;

changing a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image;

obtaining a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane; and

displaying the projection image on the display screen.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising:

detecting a position of the operator's face in the captured image,

wherein the changing includes changing a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of the operator's face in the captured image.

9. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display a projection image of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display screen;

an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen;

a changing unit configured to change a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image; and

a projection image generator configured to obtain a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane.

10. The terminal apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the operator's face in the captured image,

wherein the changing unit changes a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to the position of the operator's face in the captured image.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050459/0287 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 048698/0713 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 20, 2012
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 028078/0247 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2009
From: KAWAKAMI, TAKASHI; KAWAKAMI, HIROYUKI; OHMORI, KENTA
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 023391/0751 →